Being a teacher, I have owned many USB flash drives, and many of them have not lasted longer than 6 months of constant use. The PNY 4GB has lasted a year so far and has not shown any signs of stopping! I paid £15 for two of these from PC World. Not the cheapest, but certainly worth it in my view. The design itself is ingenious. There is no lid to lose, and there is a handy inverted plastic loop at the end so that you can attach the drive to a keyring etc. The reason I mention this, is I have had many USB drives that have a plastic loop that sticks out - this often snaps off. The unique twisting motion that uncovers the USB connection is ...  Read the complete review

The PNY Attache` Optima 4G USB flash drive is a high speed flash drive memory stick, perfect for use with the readyboost feature incorporated in Windows Vista. I have used Windows Vista for well over a year now and by itself it isn't very fast on my 2 year old laptop. I had read a lot on the internet about the readyboost feature and wanted to see just how much performance i could get out of it. I plugged my old sandisk 512 MB flashdrive in and didn't really notice a difference. Then i came across this little gem while shopping for what i thought was a very reasonable price. I plugged it in and all i can say is "Thank You PNY". The difference in speed brought my  Read the complete review

Titled: PNY - The fastest flash drive in the West Attache Optima USB Flash Drive- Storage - 4GB - DooYoo Review 28/02/08 ~ The world of PNY~ Established in the mid eighties; and was called PNY Technologies, Inc. At that time data storage wasn't classed as a recognisable business commodity as it is now; so they evolved through software and hardware information for programming within software and hardware components. They evolved through the times of fast technological awareness; and developed an array of products that puts them today as a leading pioneering business within storage data realm. Looking back at their achievements over the ...  Read the complete review